Oh how I love this girl and how she doesn't run for the hills when I grab my camera and say, "Hey, let's take some pictures!"
I wish I had been this camera friendly at her age. Sigh. Or at least had her bangs.
Oh wait, I DID have her bangs.
Er, sort of.
It's hard to believe I've been her Mama all these years. I made a page last week using a shot from her 13-year-old birthday post, and that I ended up using here as well.
Here's to offspring, cameras, bangs and growing up.
Supplies Layered Template No. 35 • Spot Dots No. 18, Digital Stitches, Aki Solids Paper (white) (Katie Pertiet) • Avenir and Archer fonts
Mariangeles_Spain says
She’s so beautiful 🙂
TFS
Wendy Bretz says
love the photos and the layouts is perfect!
Sandi Keene says
What a great layout filled with memories and love. How cool is she with her killer bangs!
Jeanne Pellerin says
She’s beautiful, and your twin!
Meg says
The photo of you is cool 😀
Fabi Moraes says
Oh… I wish my daughter was that camera friendly too… I guess she’ll only realize what’s she’s missing once she’s older…
The layout is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Krys says
OMG – she’s just gorgeous! And more so every day!
You’re a lucky mama!
Izzy says
I’ve always admired people who could use eyeliner on the inside of their lids. She’s a doll. It’s nice that you can capture her free spirit, as yours was back in the day, in photos.
Tina says
“Bangs”…that word always cracks me up because we know what it means, but do you ever think about the way it sounds? (Just a little trip inside my thought processes!) TFS!!!
Cynthia Friese-Hassanein says
Love her confidence in front of the camera. At her age I was running for the hills. It didn’t help that I had the most gosh awful spiral perm:( Those are bangs to be proud of!!!! and yours and your buddies were beyond cool:) Love it.
margie scherschligt says
Aidan, you are stunning!
Monika Wright says
Wow, your little girl has grown up just since the last photo you posted! Nothing on this Earth can be compared to parenting, nor can it be properly defined, I think. Who knew?
Gina K. says
I love this post Cathy! She’s gorgeous and I love the page!
Pam Spradlin says
Gosh, I look at your hair when you were a teenager…all I can say it that it dates me!
giselle says
She’s grown into a beautiful young woman & she has your eyes!
Leora Henkin says
She’s so beautiful…and I am so teary. My little one turns 13 this year, too. How did that happen?
Kelli says
Oh, how I wish my 13 yr. old would sit for a few pictures!
Christy B says
~~beautiful~~
Ami says
Great stuff! I remember crying when my daughter turned nine. I thought, “this is half of her life at home.” The tears flowed of and on all of that day. She is a beautiful 44 year old now.
alexa says
She’s just stunning … Aidan, have you considered a career as a model?
Jane says
You are so lucky Cathy. I have a 16 year old daughter who runs screaming out the nearest door everytime I pick up my camera; her fleeing posterior is not a good camera angle!!
cedwards says
Your daughter could EASILY be a model!
Lain says
She is just gorgeous. And I am glad to see she inherited her mother’s skill with the eyeliner. 😉
Deb J says
A stunning young woman with great bangs. What a girl to be proud of. Great eyes that I envy. I am allergic to makeup–even the hypoallergenic kind. Never could have those gorgeous eyes.
Donna says
Cathy those pictures are awesome. What a beautiful young lady she has grown to be. I have been a huge fan and have been so inspired by your traditional scrapbooking for years. Its been fun watching your kids grow up over the years.
Dawn Morgan says
Oh man Cathy, she is growing up so beautiful and from the looks of it, confidant! Good job Mama! My daughter will be 13 in June. Time goes by way too fast! Thank goodness for this hobby of ours. What would life be like if we didn’t document it the way we do?
Shirley says
She’s adorable Cathy and hate to say it but she wears the bangs much better than you did! Too fun!
Rachel Greig says
oh man, she is gorgeous!!!
JustMeAgain says
She is gorgeous Cathy! Just like her mom! 😀
Fletch says
Cool! both of you.
Melissa K says
Wow! I barely recognized her, all grown up and looking Sandra Bullock-ish.
Katie Pegher says
Girl, you did have some awesome bangs. But alas, the post is about your beautiful girl, so, here’s to Aidan the NEW new-wave hipster.
Trude says
Dang, Cathy, you’re going to have to beat the boys off with a stick! Better have the hubby get out his shotgun, as my dad was always fond of saying! 😉
Cami says
She’s hot stuff that little kid of yours. Watch out, Dad, the boys’ll be coming ’round soon.
Katie scott says
Awww sweet
Linda says
You are an awesome scrapbooker Cathy. Like totally.
Pilbara Pink says
I wish I had her skill with eyeliner – 30 years older than Aidan and still look like a panda if I attempt to use eyeliner – great skills Adian 🙂
Grammy says
I LOVE your simple designs and love this LO. Thank you for sharing and providing all of us with inspiration. When you provide us a glimpse of your pages, can you include the font names along with the LO? It takes me ages to find the right font for the simple designs you use and inspire me to scraplift.
Rhona says
Aaahh, so that’s what you’re supposed to do in those clothes!!! It’s been so long I’d forgotten!
Love the photos of Aiden, she IS very cool!
sissel says
oh, your daughter is so beautiful!
Linsey says
she is so beautiful…watch out, she is going to be a heartbreaker!
debbie@tailoredeventsinc.com says
they grow way to fast, what a beautiful young lady
Jean says
She has grown into a beautiful young lady. Oh my!